Michigan Paper Co. v. Kalamazoo Valley Electric Co.

The plaintiff in this case operates a paper *50mill at the village of Plainwell, in Allegan county. The power for said mill is partly steam and partly water. The wafer power is obtained by means of a dam across the Kalamazoo river in the village of Plainwell. In the summer of 1902, the Plainwell Construction Company, Limited, built a dam across the Kalamazoo river below the plaintiff’s mill, and leased the same and the water power obtained therefrom to the Kalamazoo Valley Electric Company, the defendant and appellant. The defendant and appellant used the power obtained at this lower dam for…